20th December 1990.
Long distance view looking east from Cottingley Drive towards Ring Road Beeston, hidden from view in a dip in the ground level. Crow Nest Lane can be seen leading off in the distance.[internal reference; 2005512_82807559:S LIB BEES 8]

1980s.
Long-distance view looking south-west over to Cottingley from Crow Nest Lane. On the right, a footbridge is seen crossing the railway line, while on the left is Sulzers engineering factory. Beyond these, running from left to right across the middle is Ring Road Beeston, with Cottingley Drive leading off up towards the top of the photo. To the right of Cottingley Drive are the tower blocks of Cottingley Heights and Cottingley Towers, reputed to be the tallest flats in Leeds, while to the left is the Cottingley Housing Estate built in the early 1970s.[internal reference; 2009106_169528:LEO 4428]

1970s.
View from Cottingley showing Elland Road running from left to right along the bottom, with Ring Road Beeston running diagonally upwards above this. On the right is Millshaw Leather Works, the mill of W.L. Ingle Ltd, tanners and curier. The view, taken between 1971 and 1973, looks towards Beeston in the distance.[internal reference; 2006712_161515:LEO 1205]

1970s.
View from the top of Cottingley Towers, showing Cottingley Heights on the left, and looking down on Cottingley Hall Cemetery and Crematorium at the bottom, with, in the centre of the picture the site of the M621 motorway under construction. Junction 1 is in the process of being built towards the right with Ring Road Beeston running down from it.
Taken between 1971 and 1973.[internal reference; 200682_161685:LEO 1244]

1970s.
Long distance view from Cottingley showing Ring Road Beeston running from bottom right to centre left, where it meets the site, currently under construction, of Junction 1 of the M621 motorway. Elland Road runs above this from bottom right into the centre where it turns towards the right again. Cottingley Hall Crematorium is on the bottom left and Fairbairn Lawson's engineering works on the right. Taken between 1971 and 1973.[internal reference; 2006713_161530:LEO 1212]